St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20

Iowa, Dakota will lose glorious opportunity
for diverting immigration to herself ii she
does not Immediately offer its proprietors u
bonus to locate within her borders.
STRAY SUNBEAMS.
Woman hanging is growing into popularity
again in England A woman was hanged at
Liverpool last Friday for the double murder
of her daughter and mother upon whom she
had placed an insurance.
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The most popular tenure of the hanging
was the improved method of execution. IN
stead of erecting an old-fashioned gallows
the sheriff dug hole in the ground. The
drop was from the level pavement of the
yard into an eight-fUot bricked pit There
was nothing to suggest the scarold except
the rope, and thus the execution was relieved
of the hideousness which usually accom-
panies such ceremonies.
So
LAWRENCE BARRETT is in trouble. He is
being annoyed Il good deal lately by the repre-
sentatiyes of Il London banking firm which has
been attaching his effects on the ground that
Mr.. BARRETT is indebted to the firm for Il
debt contracted in 1884. BARRETT is wealthy
and has valuable property in the East, but
instead of lighting down on that, his English
creditors prefer to dog him around the coun-
try and attach his box receipts.
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When Mr.. BARRETT was starring in En-
gland in 1884. contrary to popular impression,
he lost money on his engagement. When he
closed up he was short $4,000. HENRY Try
ING and other friends proposed 10 advance
the money to relieve him of his financial diff
Guilty, but preferring TO deal i'll regular
business way, he declined their generous
offer and negotiated loan for the amount
from the American Exchange, an institution
doing Il banking business in London.
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Mr. BARRETT claims that he has paid the
principal in full, but when the American
Exchange extracted 81 per cent. on the loan
he declined to pay it. He says that he agreed
to pay a reasonable interest but the creditors
refused to accept less than the 35 per cent.
Hence the litigation between them.
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Mr.. BARRETT announces that he and Mr..
BOOTH will start out on starring engage
ment in September together. Their roper
toire will consist of ''Othello,'' "Hamlet, p"
Macbeth" Lear" Julius Cesar and
the Merchant of Venice" ana will bring to
each appearance scenery, costumes and
other accessories of as complete and accurate
character as possible. In Julius Caesar"
BOOTH will play Brutus and BARR EFT w i'll
take the part of Cassius. The roles of
Othello and Iago will be alternated between
them. BARRETT will play Macbeth to
BOOTHS Macduff, Edgar to his Lear" and
the Ghost to his ''Humlet." BARRETT will
not appear in the Merchant of Venice but
will play in an afterpiece called 1.-THE King 5
Pleasure
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An Oregon topper has published notice to
saloonkeepers that If any one sells him beer,
whisky, or any other intoxicating drink, he
will prosecute them to the fullest extent of
the law. That is the kind of prohibition that
prohibits.
The New York people paid $4,000 in one
week to see BERNHARD. And yet there is no
indication that the fund for the GRANT
monument will ever he raised.
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Mrs. FOLSOM says that she objects to being
called the presidents mother-iE-law and she
prefers to nave the newspapers speak of her
as Mrs. CLEvELAND's mother. 1t would
probably be more agreeable to the old lady s
vanity and quite as convenient to speak of
the the president as Mrs. FoLsoMS son-in-
law.
Hon. J. K. TOOLE. congressional delegate
from Montana, passed through this city yes
terday on his way home from Washington.
Mr.. TOOLE scored the record of accomplish
ing more for his territory than any other
delegate. He was just as influential in the
executive mansion as he was in the halls of
congress.
The only man who was an overmatch for
MIR. TooLE was JOHN S. DICKERsoN, formerly
a st. Paul newspaper man, now of the Helena
Independent. Dick went down to Wash
ington at the head of lobby to secure the
right of way for projected Montana railroad
through an Indian reservation. Delegate
'Dick'' had to play Il lone hand, at which he
is exceedingly expert.
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When DICKERsoN found that his bill was
going through congress he trembled III his
boots for fear of an executive Veto The
president was committed against granting the
right of way to railway companies through
Indian lands. having previously vetoed a
similar measure.
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Knowing the president to be sympathetic
man DICKERsON concluded to wori; on his
feelings. 1t happened fortunately for him
that the snow blockade occurred in the North
west just at that time. dick telegraphed
his Helena friends to send to Washington
daily bulletins Of the price of coal in Montana
and to be sure to give it big raise each day.
'DICK" saw TO it that the bulletins reached
the White House.
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The president stood the bulletin strain un-
til the price of coal reached $40 ton, and
then he began to melt. When, the next day,
the news reached him that coal had gone up
to 800 he said to his private secretary DAN,
it would be cruel to allow even principle to
stand in the way of relieving those suffering
people. Montana shall have more railroads
if they have to dig up the whole Indian
reservation to get them With the excep-
tion of some appropriation bills the Montana
railroad bill was the last to pass congress, yet
it received the executive approval before
congress adjourned.
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Emperor WILLIAM, of Germany, was Jus,
Al years old when GROVER CLEVELAND was
born. Yesterday they exchanged congratu-
latory kilograms, each having passed another
mile post in life's journey. 1t Kaiser Will.
HELM had sent congratulatory telegram
when CLEVELAND was born it would have
taken six weeks for the message to have
reached its destination. The world does
move.
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The horrors of the Buffalo hotel fire con-
tribute another sermon on the necessity fol
proper fire escapes in public buildings II
| doesn't speak well for the progressive condi-
ton of city where people are compelled to